Plane vs Motor - What's the difference?
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Of a surface: flat or level.
A level or flat surface.
(geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
A level of existence or development. (eg'', ''astral plane )
A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
(computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.
(anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions.
To smooth (wood) with a plane.
An airplane; an aeroplane.
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, title= (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
To glide or soar.
(senseid)(countable) A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus .
(Northern UK) A sycamore.
A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
(lb) A motor car, or automobile.
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*:It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor , brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
(lb) A source of power for something, an inspiration, a driving force.
(biology) describing neurons that create the ability to move
As nouns the difference between plane and motor
is that plane is (label) the thing, the point, the interesting thing, the main interest in something, unusualness, speciality while motor is engine (mechanical device).As an adverb plane
is (label) particularly, especially, certainly.plane
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . The word was introduced in the seventeenth century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain.Adjective
(er)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* (mathematics) real plane, complex plane * (anatomy) coronal plane, frontal plane, sagittal plane, transverse planeDerived terms
*Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl), fromSee also
* rhykenologistVerb
(plan)Etymology 3
Abbreviated from aeroplane .Noun
(en noun)Solar-powered travel, passage=The plane is travelling impossibly slowly – 30km an hour – when it gently noses up and leaves the ground. With air beneath them, the rangy wings seem to gain strength; the fuselage that on the ground seemed flimsy becomes elegant, like a crane vaunting in flight. It seems not to fly, though, so much as float.}}
Derived terms
* floatplane * planeside * planespotter/plane spotter/plane-spotter * plane spotting * seaplaneVerb
(plan)Etymology 4
From (etyl) plane, from (etyl) platanus, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (l)Anagrams
*motor
English
(wikipedia motor)Alternative forms
* motour (very rare)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* engineDerived terms
* electric motor * linear motor * motorbike * motorcycle * motorcyclist * motorise * motorist * motor oil * motor scooter * motor trade * motor unit * motor vehicle * outboard motor * rocket motor * shaded-pole motorAdjective
(-)- She has excellent motor skills.